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Non-Destructive Estimation of Leaf Area in Some Medicinal Plants

Mehmet Serhat Odabaş, Kudret Kevseroğlu, Cüneyt Çırak and Birsen Sağlam

Abstract

In this research, we attempt to offer the reliable equations that predict leaf area for some medicinal plants namely Ecballium elaterium L., Papaver somniferum L., Physalis alkekengi L. and Verbascum phlomoides L. growing wild in Black Sea Region of Turkey. Lamina width, length and leaf area were measured without destroying to develop the models. The actual leaf areas of the plants were measured by PLACOM Digital Planimeter, and multiple regression analysis with Excel 7.0 computer package program was performed for the plants separately. The produced leaf area prediction models in the present study are LA= (5,033387) + [0,024014 x (L x W)] + [0,085096 x (L x W)]+[-0,0049 x (L2 xW2)] for Ecballium elaterium, LA (114,83)+(-11,355 x L) + (0,346 x L)+[0,559 x (L x W)] for Papaver somniferum, LA=(-5,11148) + (3,868082 x L2)+[-0,05963 x (L2 xW)]+[0,008349 x (L x W)) for Physalis alkekengi and LA= (-47,7135) + (9,169684 x L) + (2,635646 x W2) + [0,030192 x (L x W)] + [-1,84291 x (L x W)] for Verbascum phlomoides where LA is leaf area, W is leaf width, L is leaf length. r2 values and standard errors were found to be significant at the p<0.001 level.

Keyword: medicinal plants, leaf area, modeling ,

Effects of Different Water Stress Levels on Biomass Yield and Agronomic Traits of Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) Varieties under Semi-Arid Conditio

Erdal GONULAL, Suleyman SOYLU, Mehmet SAHIN

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted in the Wielkopolska region at the Gorzyń Research Station, Poland (52.34°N, 15.54°E) in Central Europe. The study was conducted over a 3-year period (2017, 2018, 2019) as a two-factorial design with four replications in the RCBD. The aim of the research was to determine the effect of the cultivar (‘Bolero’, ‘Tytan’) and the inoculation (Nitragina–seeds inoculation, Nitroflora I–seeds inoculation, Nitroflora II–soil inoculation, HiStick® Lupin–seeds inoculation) on plant development, seeds chemical composition and yielding of narrow-leaved lupin. The weather conditions and experimental factors significantly influenced on productivity of narrow-leaved lupin ‘Tytan’. Drought during the growing season reduced seeds and protein yields. After inoculation of HiStck the seeds yield was significantly greater by 12.4% (p < 0.01) and the protein yield after application of Nitroflora I or HiStick by 13.9% (p < 0.01) and 19.2% (p < 0.01), respectively. Correlation coefficients showed strong relations between number of pods and seeds per plant in both cultivars regardless of the inoculation variant, however the strongest relations in both cultivar were proved on HiStick treatment.
Keyword: Biological nitrogen fixation, chemical composition, legumes, protein efficiency, yielding